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MEASUREMENTS AND CONVERSIONS

METRIC AND IMPERIAL

We often need to convert measurements from metric to Imperial or vice versa whether carrying out DIY or buying carpets etc., here are some useful tables to help.

The tables cover conversions for length and surface area.

Formulae and other measurement conversions

LENGTH - METRIC

UNIT

ABBREVIATION

METRIC EQUIVALENT

IMPERIAL EQUIVALENT

1 millimetre

mm

0.0394 inches

1 centimetre

cm

10 mm

0.3937 inches

1 metre

m

100 cm

1000 mm

3.281 feet

1.0936 yards

1 kilometre

km

1000 m

0.6214 miles

LENGTH - IMPERIAL

UNIT

ABBREVIATION

IMPERIAL EQUIVALENT

METRIC EQUIVALENT

1 inch

in.

25.4 mm/2.54 cm

1 foot

ft.

12 ins.

30.48 cm / 0.3048 m

1 yard

yd.

3 ft./ 36 ins.

91.44 cm/ 0.9144 m

1 rod

5.5 yards

5.0292 m

1 chain

22 yards

20.117 m

1 furlong

220 yards

201.17 m

1 mile

1760 yards

1679.3 m/ 1.6093 km

 

SURFACE AREA - METRIC

UNIT

ABBREVIATION

METRIC EQUIVALENT

IMPERIAL EQUIVALENT

1 square millimetre

mm²

0.00155 sq, inches

1 square centimetre

cm²

100 mm²

0.1550 sq. inches

1 square metre

10,000 cm²

10.764 sq. ft.

1.1960 sq. yards

1 are

a

100 m²

119.60 sq. yards

1 hectare

ha

100 acres

2.4711 acres

1 square kilometre

km²

100 hectares

0.3861 sq. miles

SURFACE AREA - IMPERIAL

UNIT

ABBREVIATION

IMPERIAL EQUIVALENT

METRIC EQUIVALENT

1 square inch

Sq. in

645.2 mm²/6.4516 cm²

1 square foot

Sq. ft

144 sq. inches

9290.30 cm²/ 0.0929 m²

1 square yard

Sq. yd

9 sq. ft.

0.8361 m²

1 acre

4840 sq. yds.

4046.9 m²

1 square mile

Sq. mile

640 acres

259.0 hectares

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